The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-04-02
Our State Capital Correspondence.
Special to the CARBON ADVOCATE.

special 10 Tire CARBON ADVOCATE.
MARCH so, 1887.
The announcement that Master Work
man Powderly will be here on April : to
look after the interests of the workingmen
is likely to add some piquancy to the crratic
course of legislation in the alleged interest
of the laboring classes. All sorts of labor
bills are now pending, and once in while
one of them comes up, when half of the
members got on their feet to tell how much
they love the workingman. Each of a
score will declare that it is his special care
to see that the laboring man gets what he
wants. When, however, the details of the
bills are discussed, it is found that each of
the friends of labor has his peculiar idea,
and they all clash and jar each other so
violently that the House gets into wrangle
and tangle, and is finally glad to drop the
subject without making any progress.
Some of the members who claim to repre-
sent labor organization are opposed to Mr..
Powderly's move, and declare that they
will not listen to his delegates, nor to him,
either. Mr.. Robertson, of, Pittsburg, will
probably back up whatever the Knights ask
for if it should not clash with what Christie
pher Magee asks for, Mr.. Robertson
divides the leadership of the interests of
the Knights on the floor of the House with
Mr.. Hothersall, of Philadelphia. Robert
son, who is familiarly known as candy"
has the best pair of lungs in the House,
and when he talks he can he heard over in
the Senate chamber. His language is not
Addisonian, to say the least, The other
night Speaker Boyer called him to the chair,
and the House promptly proceeded to have
fun with him. lie was mixed up with all
| sorts Of complex motions, and the House
soon became bedlam. 1.-The members
will please clean the aisles," called ont the
distracted speaker. "Better send for the
scrub-women to do that" said a voice, and
there was a great laugh at the Speaker pro
TENS expense, Finally, when he could
stand the racket no longer, he adjourned
the House without waiting for any one to
make motion for that purpose.
! As was anticipated, the Senate has re-
stored the clause eNemptlng manufacturing
corporations and limited partnerships to
/ the Shapley Revenue bill. The country
members in the House who knocked this
/ section cut are still determined to stand by
that action, and declare that they will moi
vote for the bill with this amendment. Ii
was upon this section that the much talked
of country combine was made which wa;
expected to do so much for the Legislation
for the country. but which has not as ye
amounted to very much. 1t is possible
that the Revenue bill may fail, after all
over this dispute, which considering tina
there is a Commission TO revise all til,
State revenue laws provided for, which will
consider the subject thoroughly and repor
TO the next Legislature, will not be tn
greatest misfortune in the world. Thi
patching up of the revenue laws recalls tn
fact that ir 1871 the enacting clause and th
title of a revenue bAiSysre passed and tn
bill signed by the Governor before the Law
itself was inserted. Six months elapsed
before the law was written in, but it stoo
as good as law all tile same. This, o
course, could not happen under the presen
Constitution. They used to do queer thing
in the good old days before 1874.
The House, unlike the Senate, has all
can possibly do in way of legislation I